I hate a lie.
Douglas Wilson
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“When a people have given themselves over to a lie, the scriptural pattern is for God to give them over to more lies”
Making all necessary adjustments for the changes in time and place, the modern evangelical Church, eyes fat as grease, bastion of born againism, is fully as corrupt as the Church prior to the Reformation. And this is not a back-handed way of praising the Church prior to the Reformation. When a people have given themselves over to a lie, the scriptural pattern is for God to give them over to more lies, so that they might learn to eat their own cooking. The further into the delusion we go, the starker the evidence of such delusion is, and the more difficult it is to get anyone to see what has actually happened. And on those occasions when someone will admit that there are ‘excesses’ out there, it is still glibly assumed that these excesses are scattered around the periphery of modern evangelicalism. And thus, we heal the wound lightly, saying peace, peace, when there is no peace. This idolatry is right at the heart of our identity as modern evangelicals. We have sold out the faith for a buck. The one thing in our favor is that we made a bigger profit than Judas did. And, unlike Judas, we keep what we get.
Douglas Wilson
“Liars are usually clever — you have to give them that.”
Liars are usually clever — you have to give them that. And one of the things the really smart ones know how to do is to use the last lie you caught them in as a basis for getting you to believe the lie they are currently telling. Douglas Wilson
“When we begin to lie, we are the first liar”
When we begin to lie, we are the first liar, but we are also frequently the first dupe. We don’t start by telling other people lies. We begin by telling ourselves that we are not lying — which is the first lie.
Douglas Wilson
The Shubin Report: Doug Wilson Claims that Sitler “Contacted” Law Enforcement to “Cooperate Fully” — But They Refused
“Steven contacted the authorities here and said he was going to cooperate fully, and did he need to come down? They said no.” —Douglas Wilson Continue reading
“habitual liar”
“If a person is a habitual liar, his conscience is seared and calloused. It doesn’t work if he tells a lie.”
Jim Wilson
“When they lie, they speak their native language.”
This means that when rulers are ungodly, we should expect them to be like their father, the devil, who is the father of liars (John 8:44). When they lie, they speak their native language. Bitterness and cursing are under their tongue, but of course never at the press conference.
Douglas Wilson
Just Like His Pastor
A Corruption of Justice Primer
“Violence covers the mouth of the wicked.” — Proverbs 10:6 Continue reading